Balance Exposure With Gradient Filters

Some scenes are high contrast by definition. Many of my seascape photos are challenging because my camera is pointed into the sun. Using a few well-placed gradient filters in post processing is very effective for balancing the exposure throughout the photo.

Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photography books, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.